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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6012 

To require reports on North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 6, 2018 

Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. YOHO, Mr. TED

LIEU of California, and Mr. RUSSELL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 

to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require reports on North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North Korea Nuclear 

5 Baseline Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORTS RELATING TO DPRK NUCLEAR CAPABILI2 TIES. 

3 (a) BASELINE REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, 

5 acting through the Director of National Intelligence, the 

6 Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of State, shall 

7 transmit to the Committee on Armed Services, Committee 

8 on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee 

9 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign 

11 Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

12 Senate a report on the status of the DPRK’s nuclear pro13 gram in order to establish a baseline of progress for nego14 tiations with the DPRK regarding denuclearization. Such 

15 report shall include, to the extent known or suspected, the 

16 following: 

17 (1) The location, quantity, and operational sta18 tus of the DPRK’s nuclear weapons. 

19 (2) The location of the DPRK’s nuclear re20 search, development, and production facilities, in21 cluding covert facilities. 

22 (3) The location, quantity, and operational sta23 tus of the DPRK’s ballistic missiles. 

24 (4) The location of the DPRK’s ballistic missile 

25 manufacturing and assembly facilities. 


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1 (5) An assessment of any intelligence gaps re2 garding the information required by this subsection. 

3 (b) UPDATE.—The report required under subsection 

4 (a) shall be updated and re-transmitted every 180 days. 

5 Such updated and re-transmitted reports shall include the 

6 following information: 

7 (1) The quantity of nuclear weapons and bal8 listic missiles verifiably dismantled, destroyed, ren9 dered unusable, or transferred out of the DPRK 

10 during each reporting period. 

11 (2) The location of nuclear research, develop12 ment, and production facilities identified and 

13 verifiably dismantled, destroyed, or rendered unus14 able during each reporting period. 

15 (3) The location of ballistic missile manufac16 turing and assembly facilities verifiably dismantled, 

17 destroyed, or rendered unusable during each report18 ing period. 

19 (4) The quantity of nuclear weapons and bal20 listic missiles remaining within the DPRK or under 

21 the control of the DPRK. 

22 (5) The quantity and locations of nuclear and 

23 ballistic missile research, development, and produc24 tion facilities remaining within the DPRK or under 

25 the control of the DPRK. 


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1 (6) An assessment on the progress made in ex2 tending the breakout period required for the DPRK 

3 to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program and 

4 build a nuclear weapon relating to the information 

5 required under this subsection. 

6 (c) VERIFICATION ASSESSMENT REPORT.—The up7 dated and re-transmitted reports required under sub8 section (b) shall include, every 365 days, information, as 

9 appropriate, relating to the progress made during the pre10 vious 365 day period on the following matters: 

11 (1) The establishment of safeguards and other 

12 control mechanisms and other assurances secured 

13 from the DPRK to ensure the DPRK’s activities 

14 permitted under any agreement will not be used to 

15 further any nuclear-related military or nuclear explo16 sive purpose, including for any research on or devel17 opment of any nuclear explosive device or any other 

18 nuclear-related military purpose. 

19 (2) The capacity of the United States or an 

20 international organization, including the Inter21 national Atomic Energy Agency, to effectively access 

22 and investigate in the DPRK suspicious sites or alle23 gations of covert nuclear related activities, including 

24 storage sites of nuclear weapons. 


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1 (d) FORM.—Each report required under this section 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 

3 a classified annex. 

4 (e) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 

5 date that is three years after the date of the enactment 

6 of this Act. 

7 (f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘DPRK’’ 

8 means the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (com9 monly referred to as ‘‘North Korea’’). 

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